Doris Wishman
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Film director and producer New York City, USA
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Doris Wishman (1 June 1912, New York City - 10 August 2002, Miami) was an American filmmaker. She is credited with having directed and produced at least 30 feature films during a career spanning over four decades, most notably in the sexploitation genre. After her husband died in 1958, she took up filmmaking and made her feature debut with the nudist film Hideout in the Sun (1960). She went on to direct Nude on the Moon (1961), Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), Deadly Weapons (1973) and Double Agent 73 (1974), and is described as the most prolific woman director of the sound era.
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American filmmaker who directed and produced at least 30 sexploitation features over four decades.
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- Doris Wishman on set beside a film camera, black and white — Dennis Cooper Blog Original source
- Doris Wishman as an older woman in sunglasses and a dark coat — TMDB Original source
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At a glance
- Born
- 1 June 1912, New York City, USA; died 10 August 2002, Miami, Florida, USA
- Career
- Feature debut Hideout in the Sun (1960); Nude on the Moon (1961), Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), Deadly Weapons (1973); 30+ features
- Country
- United States
- Note
- Some sources give her birth date as 23 July 1912; her nephew found she had lied about her age. Portrait hides her eyes behind sunglasses; provisional portrait
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Image credit: TMDB